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This map based search shows the locations of over 130,000 photos with over 95,000 viewable as photos and the work continues with more added weekly. Each pin represents the location of a photo, search adjacent pins as camera angles can vary
Use our nationally important collections of aerial photographs to explore your area. Find the place where you live or why not look for your favourite football ground, railway station or the places you visit?
Welcome to OldAerialPhotos.com, the home of historical UK aerial photography. Over a million aerial photos from the 40s to the 90s are available to search at the click of a button. Search for your area of interest by Postcode, Street name, City or Grid Reference.
- Britain from Above
- Aerial Photos of Scotland
- Historic Images at Google Earth
An excellent source of aerial photography of England, Scotland and Wales, plus limited coverage of several other countries, is Britain From Above. This provides access to 95,000 photos dating from 1919 to 1953, most of which are black & white. The coverage appears to be fairly widespread, even though the density is much greater in the major urban a...
Scotland has many historic vertical images available at NLS Maps. Coverage is by no means complete, although the Central Band is well catered for.
Note also, that Google Earth(as opposed to Google Maps) also has some historic aerial photography. The availability differs around the globe but, for areas of high population density, you might find a good selection. For central London, for example, there’s photography for 1945 plus many dates from 1999 to the present day. Other populous parts of t...
These are the years of aerial coverage that we currently have for the area indicated by center point of the map. To select a year, just click on the year you want to see. The current year will now display under the aerials button and within a couple seconds, the imagery for that year will replace the map.
Here you can find out how to buy our historical maps of Great Britain and where to find our archived maps, aerial photography and survey records of overseas British colonies. We define historical mapping as mapping that no longer reflects the situation on the ground.
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Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. The most comprehensive, topographic mapping covering all of England and Wales from the 1840s to the 1950s. Two editions for all areas, and then regular updates in the 20th century for urban or rapidly changing areas. Browse the maps:
